Previous Wetland Projects
Wetland Program Plan (WPP) 2019-2023
Evaluating Playas in Western Kansas: Recharge to the High Plains aquifer and Economics of Cropping. This grant sets out to look at recharge rates in multiple Playa Lakes while at the same time determining the bottom line to farming or not farming a Playa. (FY 2019)
Impact of wind on sediment resuspension and vegetation growth in aging reservoirs. This grant is looking at sediment resuspension in Clinton and Marion Reservoirs and work is under way in collaboration with Kansas Biological Survey (KBS). (FY 2019)
Playa Lake Recharge - EPA Wetland Grant FY2014-17 Final Report
Characterizing Biological Structure and Ecological Function of Kansas Playas and Updating the existing Kansas Wetland Program Plan (WPP). The use of LiDAR to improve the known Playa catchments and collect field data to validate the images. (FY 2017)
The Kansas Biological Survey developed a map of Playa Lakes in Kansas, which was partially funded through the Wetland Program Grant.
Wetland Program Development Grant FY2014 Final Report
Wetland Program Development Grant FY2013 Final Report